1. Everyone has an inner prescriptivist http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/30/language-cops.html
2. English the "official" language of the US? http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20120418/ARTICLES/120419522?p=1&tc=pg
3. Where's the line for freedom of speech? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/26/mona-eltahawy-arrested-for-spray-painting-anti-jihad-subway-poster_n_1915832.html
4. Are texting and emailing making communication easier or more difficult? Depends on who you ask.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/07/AR2010080702848.html
5. Are search engine algorithms restricting freedom of speech?http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/opinion/sunday/you-cant-say-that-on-the-internet.html?pagewanted=2&ref=languageandlanguages … 11/27
6. Scientists wonder if making language symbols more like visual icons would make language acquisition easier http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121113143705.htm 11/28